Mitsuru: Mm? Tomo-chan, I don’t see anyone who could’ve called us~?
Tomoya: Eh. That’s strange. We came here because we were called for a briefing about our next job…
Excuse me. Can I just ask you…[1]
—Ah, you’re leaving for your break now? Will you be back soon? If that’s the case, I’ll wait, it’s okay. Thank you!
Mitsuru. Looks like they’ll be back soon, so let’s just wait.
Mitsuru: Mhm!
Tomoya: Having said that, though, it’d be a waste of time to just wait around like this. Plus, you look out of place just standing there near the entrance.
Mitsuru: Tomo-chan. There’s lots of posters put up around here! Why don’t we look at them?
Tomoya: Ehh, like which ones?
I never really took a good look at it until now, but there’s lots of posters here with idols belonging to our agency, aren’t there?
Oh, looks like Hasumi-senpai’s drama will start next year. I’ve gotta watch it~!
—Ah. A poster for our new album’s been put up, too.
It’s really moving to see it like this. Makes me feel like I really am an idol.
Ehehe, I still haven’t gotten used to seeing my face on posters though.
Mitsuru: Hey, hey, Tomo-chan! Look at this~☆
Tomoya: Hm? What’s up, Mitsuru?
Mitsuru: I’m copying Ado-chan-senpai’s pose!
Mitsuru: How is it, how is it? Do you think I look like “Mitsuru Tenma; Rebellious and Wicked Idol”?
Tomoya: Ahaha. It kinda suits you~. Otogari-senpai in the poster behind you looks cool, but it feels like you’re trying too hard, Mitsuru.
Mitsuru: You don’t have to laugh that much! Tomo-chan is so cruel!
Tomoya: Sorry, sorry. My bad. But as expected, it’s impossible for us to act like UNDEAD, right?
Mitsuru: But we’ll grow up and be as cool as we can be– we won't lose to Ado-chan-senpai!
Tomoya: You know, Otogari-senpai and Mitsuru are only one year apart…
Nn? Was that my phone ringing?
Mitsuru: Mhm. I know that sound. Tomo–chan must have received a message from someone, right?
Tomoya: You’ve got pretty good hearing, Mitsuru~. Let’s see…?
Ah. It’s true. Looks like Anzu-san has been messaging me.
Tomoya: Look here~.It’s not really a playful message or anything like that, so there’s nothing to envy. What’s the matter… What?
Ehh!? There was a mistake in yesterday’s “Shuffle Unit” project announcement…!? I’m a member of another unit!?
No way… What is this... I was really looking forward to it!
Mitsuru: Eh? What’s this, what do you mean?
Tomoya: The members of Hajime’s “Shuffle Unit” are Hajime, Himemiya, Harukawa and Shiratori, seems like I was included by mistake…
I’m part of a different “Shuffle Unit”.
Mitsuru: Hmm. You were so happy to be with Hajime-chan, it’s really too bad, Tomo-chan~.
Tomoya: That’s true… I really thought I’d be a member of such a peaceful and awesome “Shuffle Unit”.
Nn? And there’s more– They’ve scheduled a meeting for right now!?
What do I do… I’ll let Anzu know I’ll be a bit late…
Mitsuru: Tomo-chan. Leave this to me, you can go to the meeting.
Tomoya: Eh? Are you sure…?
Mitsuru: Of course! After all, I can help with this, but the “Shuffle Unit” is something only Tomo-chan can handle.
At times like this we need to support each other. So don’t worry about it!
Tomoya: I’m sorry. Thank you, Mitsuru. See you, I’m off!
Mitsuru: Mhm! Take care!
Tomoya: Hurry~ hurry~!
(I think I can actually make it in time even if I don’t hurry!)
(Since this will be our first time together, I’d like to get there as early as possible~. I don’t know who the members are yet…)
Tomoya: (—That reminds me. Anzu didn’t mention anything about the “Shuffle Unit” members in the message.)
(I wonder who’s in that unit with me?)
(Well, I’ll do my best no matter who’s in it. But the members in Hajime’s were so ideal.)
(… And– No, no! If I think like this I’m being rude to the members I’m about to meet!)
(Mm. I’m sure my shuffle’s real members will be able to work together to make the project a success! I'm sure of it!)
( The first impression is the most important part of a meeting. O~kay. Smile, smile… ☆ )
Excu~se me!
Yuzuru: Oh?
Rinne: Hah?
Ibara: …
Tomoya: …
Tomoya: … ‘scuse me, sorry~!
Rinne: Oi, why are you leaving? Come back here!
[1] tomoya is just talking to a faceless npc with no dialogue here . i don't know if this needs to be specified but just in case !
big thank you as always to my co-translator/proofreader @misuzuh, and @yume-fanfare for helping make sure rabits' dialogue doesn't sound too stiff !! i changed my formatting ever so slightly this time around- i'll change old posts to reflect that, later !
SHUFFLE ˣ UNKNOWN HOLY NIGHT AND NIGHTHEAD ! TRANSLATION
Synopsis: Tomoya is happy when he finds out he'll be doing a Shuffle Unit project alongside familiar faces. But, it turns out the real Shuffle Unit Tomoya's going to participate in consists of a bunch of his weird seniors, led by none other than…?!
Main Characters: Tomoya Mashiro, Rinne Amagi, Subaru Akehoshi, Ibara Saegusa, Yuzuru Fushimi
Side Characters: Hinata Aoi, Niki Shiina, Aira Shiratori, Mitsuru Tenma
Chapters:
Prologue
White Carol
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Black Carol
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Dream Maker
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Funky Gift
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Epilogue
a MASSIVE thank you to @yume-fanfare for agreeing to help with tomoya dialogue accuracy, and @misuzuh for being my jp proofer as well as generally a second set of eyes !! i wouldn't be able to post this if not for those two <3
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